SMU's Coach Looks Familiar

Larry Brown's New Rebuilding Project

By

Stu Woo

Nov. 29, 2012 9:37 p.m. ET

Larry Brown, after coaching three college basketball teams and nine NBA teams including his hometown Knicks, stands as the only coach to win both an NCAA and NBA title. Yet in his first year at Southern Methodist University, the 72-year-old Hall of Famer faces a new first: trying to build up a college basketball program from scratch.

The school has come up with a blueprint to help with that. It involves him reminding everyone that...